For the ground state, the electron in the H-atom has an angular momentum = , according to the simple Bohr model. Angular momentum is a vector and hence there will be infinitely many orbits with the vector pointing in all possible directions. In actuality, this is not true,
1. | because Bohr model gives incorrect values of angular momentum |
2. | because only one of these would have a minimum energy |
3. | angular momentum must be in the direction of spin of the electron |
4. | because electrons go around only in horizontal orbits |
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